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I do not put in long hours at the keys - or very seldom. Instead, I snatch time. I write in the crannies of my life.

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Once writing becomes an act of listening instead of an act of speech, a great deal of the ego goes out of it.

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Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.

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Grab for time to write instead of wait for time.

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If we eliminate the word "writer", if we just go back to writing as an act of listening and naming what we hear, some of the rules dissappear. There i...more

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I believe that what we want to write wants to be written

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The "if I had time" lie is a convenient way to ignore the fact that novels require being written and that writing happens a sentence at a time. Senten...more

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Writing is a way not only to metabolize life but to alchemize it as well. It is a way to transform what happens to us in our own experience. It is a w...more

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The trick to finding writing time is to make writing time in the life you've already got.

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Owning something also means owning up to something. It means accepting responsibility, which means, literally, responsibility. When we write about our...more

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Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn't necessary in a long-term relationship. Just as the first cares...more

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When we write from the inside out rather than the outside in, when we write about what most concerns us rather than about what we feel might sell, we ...more